Afro house is steeped in the percussive materials of South Africa’s townships. For decades, its polyrhythms played out on traditional African instruments — bongos, congas...
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The Afro house sound is an ever-growing presence in UK dance music, with new labels, club-nights and a dedicated radio station springing up. Alongside a mix from Mr Silk, Ria Hylton explores the sound’s history, and speaks to some of the scene’s key players about forging strong connections with their growing audiences, and their aim to nurture a unique UK Afro house identity
Line-ups are still under wraps, but expect key figures from the London Afro house scene like Kitty Amor
"A club-ready track that highlights how South African music has been a significant source of inspiration for me"
An hour of impeccable Afro-house and tech from South Africa’s Kasango
Kasango’s mix for DJ Mag’s Radio 1 Dance residency is available to stream on demand now. Listen to it here, or via the BBC...
London’s Tribal Brothers and Bristol’s DJ Polo link up on Livity Sound with four cuts of future-facing UK funky. Hear ‘Three Tribes’ now
Tribal Brothers and DJ Polo have teamed up for a new EP on Livity Sound.
‘The Link Up’ finds the longstaning London duo of LR...
Los Angeles’ Yaw Appiah delivers deep, vibey Afro house on his new EP, ‘Nangu’. Hear the title track now
Los Angeles-based producer and DJ Yaw Appiah will release a new EP, ‘Nangu’, tomorrow.
The emerging artist follows his recent ‘Before Transition’ release, which featured...
The Trent Park festival celebrates its 5th birthday in August...
Roger Sanchez and Kings of House (aka Louie Vega & David Morales) are among the first names announced to play this year's 51st State Festival...
Nightowl at Pacha, to be exact
The Dutch, it is generally accepted, are latter-day pioneers. Though they’ve never colonised India or ridden a covered wagon to the American West, they’ve done...
The London Afro house DJs takeover DJ Mag HQ from 17:00 (GMT)
LR Groove and Razzlerman merge the sounds of UK funky, amapiano and Afro-house across four cuts of "high-impact drum science"
Johannesburg-based artist Jazzuelle is driven by intuition, experimentation and personal evolution. We speak to one of South Africa's most vital talents about his new album...
Cape Town born, Johannesburg-based Jazzuelle AKA Thando Tshoma has been one of the most prevalent artists in the South African dance music scene for some...
Berliner mixes latest secretsundaze Compilation
After the roaring success of their recent 'secretsundaze Vol.1' double compilation, the club's founders and residents Giles Smith and James Priestley have corralled one of...
Johannesburg's Echo Deep crafts a rolling, percussive remix of the forthcoming Afro house cut ‘Meremeta’
In this series, Selections, we invite DJs, producers and label heads to dig into their digital crates and share the contents of their Bandcamp collections...